Jennifer Love Hewitt Starts New Year Loveless

This is sad news indeed that Jennifer Love Hewitt and her fiance Ross McCall broke up over Christmas. These two have often been under speculation as being headed for Splitsville but they really did seem like one of the more normal and happy couples in Hollywood. There was an incident in September when Ross was photographed loading suitcases into his car while Jennifer stood by watching and crying. Whatever happened seemed to have blown over and they were back to good but it doesn’t seem as though that was really the case. From People via Celebitchy,

“They broke up over the holidays and have ended their engagement,” says a source close to the couple. “They’re both really sad about this. Even their friends are surprised; they seemed really happy. Everyone just wants the best for both of them.”

Reps for both Hewitt and McCall had no immediate comment.

The Ghost Whisperer star, 29, got engaged to the Scottish actor, 32, in November 2007 after dating for two years.

While the couple hadn’t announced a date, in October Hewitt told PEOPLE her svelte new look was prompted not by those infamous 2007 bikini pictures – and the ensuing controversy over body image after she took to her blog to defend herself – but by her upcoming nuptials.

“I’m getting ready to turn 30 and get married and all those things,” Hewitt said. “This year was my year to try to glow from within and feel better.”

Well if that’s not enough to deflate someone’s hope balloon, I don’t know what is. There are not a lot of details being released just yet but it does seem as though this split surprised more than just their fans as just about every article has some friend talking about how devastated they both are about the breakup. Jennifer Love Hewitt returned to work yesterday on the set of Ghost Whisperer and People had another story where someone who worked with Jennifer was quoted as saying,

“She is usually very bubbly, but she is more quiet and seems sad,” the source says. “She usually hangs out with the crew between takes, but [Tuesday] she is only hanging out with her bodyguard.”

The source adds that skipping work wasn’t an option for the actress. “She is always so professional,” says the source. “She would never even think to miss a day of work because of personal problems.”

It will be fun to see who Jennifer Love Hewitt hooks up with next but I don’t think she’ll be the talk of the rumor mill for some time in the romance department. She does sound as though she’s truly destroyed and it’s not surprising seeing as how these two were together for 3 years and planning a wedding together. Hopefully, because I’m just so nosy, we’ll soon get more details on the split.